Career
He has been coach of the national football teams of Sierra Leone, Rwanda and Namibia with over 47 national games and qualifying cups under his belt. Cafe Opera & Arezzo
Roger started his coaching career in 1990 as a playing coach with Alessandro Catenaccis team Football Club Cafe Opera in Sweden. After climbing 3 divisions in 3 years, Palmgren got an offer in 1993 from Francesco Graziani to coach Primavera team Football Club Arezzo to explore a professional managing career.
After great success, Palmgren got offered the job as coach for Sierra Leone national team
Sierra Leone
This is the best result in Sierra Leones football history yet. Degerfors
After Sierra Leone, Palmgren worked as assistant coach and sport director for the Swedish Allsvenskan team Degerfors IF. When Football Club Arezzo offered him to come back coaching 1998, he took the challenge.
Congo & Vasalund
Palmgren thereafter worked as a technical director for DR Congo national football team In 2001, he was back in Sweden building up young talents such as Henok Goitom in Swedish football club Essinge IK. After the fusion between Essinge and Vasalunds IF, Palmgren became sport director and later managing coach of Vasalunds IF between 2003 and 2004.
Rwanda
In August 2004, Palmgren relocated to Africa as he accepted the position head coach of Rwanda national football team, where he took the team to the final of the CECAFA Cup against Ethiopia.
By the end of 2005, Palmgren took on the Nigerian club Kwara United F.C. in Nigeria Premier League and they eventually reached semi finals in CAF Confederation Cup in 2006. Thanda Royal Zulu
Palmgren moved to South Africa in May 2007 when he got an offer from a Swedish consortium to manage the club Thanda Royal Zulu F.C. in Premier Soccer League in Durban. Amazulu
After two years with Thanda, he got offered to become sport director with the South African team Amazulu Football Club, and short thereafter head coach.
Namibia
In 2013, Roger took the offer to coach Namibia national football team
Unfortunately he didn"t stay long as he and his family were threatened by supporters and decided to resign
Guangzhou & Shanghai
Palmgren relocated to China, and started working as Sven-Göran Erikssons assistant coach in the Chinese Super League with the team Guangzhou R&F. They took the team from 13th position to 3rd and qualified for Asian Championship at the end of 2014. As of 2015, Roger still works as assistant coach to Sven, but currently with the team Shanghai Football Club SIPG.